Veneering for walls or ceilings.



No. 718,593. PATENTED JAN. 20, 1903.

` R. l. ANDERSEN.

VENEERING POR WALLS 0R GEILINGS.

APPLIOATIO FILED MAY 31, 1902. N0 IODEL.

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UNITED v STATES PATENT OEEICE.

RASMUS P. ANDERSEN, OF ST.' PAUL, MINNESOTA.

VENEERING FOR WALLS OR CEILINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,593, dated January20, 1903. I Application filed May 31a 1902. Serial No. 109,611. (N0mOdBL) i To all whom, it may concern:

Beit known that I, RASMUS P. ANDERsEN, a subjectoE the King of Denmark,residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Veneering for Wallsor Ceilings, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in detachable Veneering for wallsand ceilings; and it consists in making the veneering in a series ofsections or panels and in providing in connection therewith improvedmeans for securing the sections to the main body of the My inventionfurther consists in the features of construction and combinationhereinafter particularly described.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figurel is a plan viewot` the veneering for a wall or ceiling constructedaccording to my invention, being shown broken away. Fig. 2 is a sectionon line x ot Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is a section on line y y of Fig` l.

In the drawings, A represents the main wall or ceiling, and B representsplates of glass or other desired material. Where the plates B are ofglass or of other easily-breakable material, a sheet of felt or othersuitable material 2 is first placed against the main wall A to form abacking for the plates B. The plates B are secured in position bybuttous 3, which fit over the corners of the plates B, securing-screws4E passing through said buttons and into the main wall or ceiling A. Asshown in Fig. 1, the corners of the plates are cut away to allow thewashers 5 to surround the securing-screws 4 intermediate of the buttons3 and backing 2, said washers serving to hold the plates slightlyseparated. The cracks between the plates are covered by strips ofmolding 6, said strips of molding fitting at their ends against thesides of the buttons 3 and being held in position by brads 7, passingthrough said strips and between the plates into the main wall or ceilingA.

While I have shown the plates 3 made of glass, I may make them of thinwood or any desired material. Where the strips are made of wood, thebacking 2 can be dispensed with. p By the use of my invention theseparate panels can be decorated upon their rear or front faces toproduce a very artistic wall or ceiling.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with a wall or ceiling, of a backingsheet arranged uponthe face thereof, a series of removable sections arranged on the outerface of said backing, the corners of said sections being cut away,washers arranged between the corners of said sections, buttons coveringthe corners of said sections, securing means passing through saidbuttons and said washers into the main wall or ceiling, strips coveringthe cracks between said sections, and securing means passing throughsaid strips and between said sections into said wall or ceiling.

In testimony whereof I atx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

`RASMUS P. ANDERSEN.

